Seagypsy's Blog – October 2011 Archive (5)
VANITAS - DEATH IN THE ARTS
VANITAS
(noun) - A vanitas painting
was a particular type of still life immensely popular in the Netherlands (and
Paris, to a lesser extent), beginning in the 17th century. The phrase comes to us
courtesy of a Biblical passage in Ecclesiastes, in which the Hebrew word
"hevel" was incorrectly taken to mean "vanity of vanities". But for this slight mistranslation, the term would rightfully be known as a "vapor painting". Be that as it may…
Sin - eater (just in time for Halloween :-)
Added by Seagypsy on October 29, 2011 at 1:52pm — 2 Comments
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